Computer Science Professor Helps Animate Hollywood
Eitan Grinspun, an associate professor of computer science, studies the basic rules of motion and turns them into computer programs that are animating Hollywood movies and creating new tools for graphic designers. The programs also might be used for medical training, crash-test simulation and industrial packaging, determining, for example, how to minimize air bubbles while bottling shampoo.
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Chronicle 3.4 for Mac OS X - Bill Management App Adds Income Tracking
Oklahoma based LittleFin Software today announces the release of Chronicle 3.4, an update to their best-selling home finance and bill paying application for Mac OS X. The app provides an easy, graphical means to enter and track finances. Features include: automatic bill paying reminder; debt tracking; graphs and reports; and a sortable list of upcoming bills which can be paid on-line from within ...
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Best Practices for Selling Jello Shots?
Each day, Inc.'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today: Getting serious about in-bar promotions. Lovely gals selling candy-colored shots to drunk guys – sounds easy as pie, right? Well, it turns out there's a little more to the formula than meets the eye. Today the Wall Street Journal profiles a service that outsources ...
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Now zoom into universe through Windows
Global software major Microsoft has designed a computer programme that allows you to scan the universe and zoom into outer space through its Windows.
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Overcome 5 common Windows problems
Computers are a big part of our daily lives. But as software and hardware improves, the old annoyances seem to remain. You encounter error messages. Windows slows down for no apparent reason. And files start opening in the wrong program.
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The end of the office... and the future of work
By the end of the month, a company called txteagle will be the largest employer in Kenya. The firm, started in its original form in 2008 by a young computer engineer named Nathan Eagle and, as of this coming June, based in Boston, will have 10,000 people working for it in Kenya. Txteagle does not rent office space for these ...
http://www.boston.com/b...
Wind Turbine or Airplane? New Radar Could Cut Through the Signal Clutter
Wind turbines function best in wide-open spaces where they can capture airflow unobstructed by buildings or mountains. Unfortunately, these same conditions are also optimal for aircraft takeoffs and landings, creating tension between wind energy utilities and airports in a number of locations worldwide. Utility-scale wind turbines, many of which stand more than 100 meters tall, can interfere ...
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Surveillance Software Catches "Demo Syndrome"
On Monday morning, Sadiye Guler, founder and president of the video analytics company intuVision , was telling a story to a small gathering of software engineers in a conference room at Boston University in Massachusetts.
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Digital Pen Gives Boring Note-Taking a Modern Kick
Don't you wish there was a way to take notes with a pen and upload them to your computer? And don't you wish that pen had an infrared camera, a built-in speaker and mic? There is such a thing, and it's called the Livescribe Echo Smartpen.
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Computer Society Launches Webinar Showroom
The IEEE Computer Society has launched a series of webinars for software engineers and computer scientists, featuring well-known speakers such as Gardy Booch, Mary Poppendieck, Stephen Mellor, and Kent Beck.
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Now zoom into universe through Windows
Bangalore, Sep 3 : Global software major Microsoft has designed a computer programme that allows you to scan the universe and zoom into outer space through its Windows.
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ReadWriteWeb Events Guide, 4 Sept. 2010
We're always on the lookout for upcoming Web tech events from around world. Know of something taking place that should appear here? Let us know in the comments below or email us . You can import individual events in the Events Guide into Google Calendar using the link beside each entry, or download the entire thing as an iCal file (which is importable into Google Calendar, Outlook, Windows Live ...
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Tough time for iPad knockoffs
Two new tablet computers based on Google's ( GOOG ) Android operating system -- one from Samsung, the other by Toshiba -- were introduced at a trade show in Berlin this week, part of a wave of knockoff designs inspired by Apple's ( AAPL ) iPad.
http://tech.fortune.cnn...
Londonist Behind The Lens: IanVisits
A series celebrating the talent of our friends over in the Londonist Flickr pool. Here, they introduce themselves and share their favourite London shots. Today, IanVisits - best known for his website - shares his photographs. Although born in London, it has only been my home for the past two decades. It was about 10 years ago that I started exploring the city in detail, tapping ...
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Virginia computer set to come back online
RICHMOND State computer problems that have prevented the Department of Motor Vehicles from processing or renewing driver's licenses and ID cards in person in the past several days should be resolved by today, the agency said Wednesday. Meanwhile, Gov. Bob McDonnell has directed the DMV to extend hours at its service centers because the outage affected 35,000 to 45,000 customers.
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WIN: Polar's RS800CX!
The RS800CX Pro Training Edition Bike is an ideal tool for cyclists who appreciate versatile training features. Data on speed and cadence combined with heart rate provides you with the most profound understanding of your training and helps improve your cycling technique and performance.
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A4 chip drives AppleTV, iPod Touch
With its latest products announcements, Apple Inc. has spread its A4 microprocessor across all its non-computer products, lowering its hardware and software design and manufacturing costs.
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